Scientists at CERN have announced that they have discovered the elusive Higgs Boson otherwise known as the “God Particle” Scientists say it is a 5 sigma result which means they are 99.999% sure they have found a new particle.

Professor John Womersley, chief executive of the Science and technology Facilities Council, told reporters at a briefing in London: “They have discovered a particle consistent with the Higgs boson.

“Discovery is the important word. That is confirmed. It’s a momentous day for science.”

Finding the God Particle is akin to finding the missing piece of a jigsaw puzzle, it fills a gaping hole in the Standard Model, the theory that describes all the particles, forces and interactions that make up the universe.

Had the Higgs been shown not to exist, it would have meant revisiting the entirety of the Standard Model and going back to the drawing board.

Whilst most scientists are partying like it 1999 not everyone is happy, Stephen Hawking , theoretical physicist and über-brain extraordinaire, says he threw down $100 on a bet that the God Particle wouldn’t be found….Oops backed the losing horse there didn’t you!

I guess what is of more interest to me is how some people are managing to get themselves all bent out of shape that the discovery of the God Particle somehow proves the existence of God.

I think they are somehow missing the point as in a lot of ways it proves the exact opposite, oh well back to looking for Jesus’ face on a naan bread then guys.